STORIES OF THE HOLOCAUST AND OTHER STORIES OF SURVIVAL ARE BEING TOLD IN SIOUX CITY THIS WEEK BY MEN WHO LIVED THROUGH THE NAZI OPPRESSION OF WORLD WAR TWO.
TONIGHT (TUESDAY) AT THE ORPHEUM THEATER, THE DOCUMENTARY "NICKY'S FAMILY" WILL BE SHOWN.
IT'S THE STORY OF NICHOLAS WINTON, AN ENGLISHMAN WHO RESCUED 669 SLOVAK CHILDREN JUST BEFORE THE WAR SPREAD THROUGH EUROPE.
DAVE LUX WAS A MONTH FROM HIS SIXTH BIRTHDAY WHEN WINTON RESCUED HIM. HE WAS TAKEN TO ENGLAND WHERE HE LIVED IN A BOYS HOME HOPING TO ONE DAY BE REUNITED WITH HIS PARENTS:
LUX LATER FOUND OUT FROM A RELATIVE THAT HIS PARENTS WERE PUT ON A TRAIN TO THE AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP WHERE THEY LIKELY DIED.
HE SPENT TEN YEARS AT THE BOYS HOME IN ENGLAND, AND LATER MOVED TO ISRAEL WITH HIS BROTHER:
NICKY'S FAMILY WILL BE SHOWN AT NO CHARGE THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING AT 7:30 AT THE ORPHEUM THEATER THROUGH THE GERALD AND KATHERINE WEINER FOUNDATION.
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